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I can see what you mean by a pained "gomenasai" from Hanyuu, but the thing is, I didn't really feel any emotion when she said it, which is what I meant by Hanyuu needing to sound more...assertive. Perhaps assertive isn't the right word. I think she needs to sound more emotional. What I felt when I watched the episode was that Hanyuu was really bored rather than pained, but of course, that can be just my own personal interpretation.

it was in retrospect. like she was narrating the past. "all i could do was say sorry"

That was an interesting episode. I can't see any bitching about it considering that this episode does indeed contain "pieces" of the story.

Best part of the episode is the revelation of the first-year murder case. Who would have thought that it happened because of Takano testing the syndrome, and not by radical anti-dam villagers like a lot have thought happened in the first place.

I think the best part of the episode was the part after the ending theme. It would've been even better if that candy shattered. That would be like...WOW!

About the Hanyuu retrospect, I thought that she was actually thinking back to one of those reruns of the past in which she was apologizing, because Satoko said she heard someone apologizing when she woke up. Considering Hanyuu's fading powers, I didn't think she would be able to go back that far after Minagoroshi-hen.

And actually, I got somewhat confused midway through the episode with the flashing back and stuff like that. Near the beginning, we see Takano suggesting that Satoko be dissected, and then we flash back to the time when Satoshi brings Satoko to the clinic. Is my interpretation right for this one? If it is, then I would've preferred that they don't keep flashing back and forth because it does cause some confusion.

I too wonder what triggered the bleep in the preview. It seemed to have something to do with Hanyuu too, so I'm immensely interested, haha

This episode is probably one of the best examples in this franchise that I can remember that managed to have lots of gruesome Higurashi moments, yet still push to plot forward with good pace.

There's so much good stuff in this series. It still astounds me how well they've managed to tie so many subplots together and keep it so cohesive and coherent. This episode again did a great job of combining horror and drama. And, I have to say, I prefer this method of revelation where they actually show stuff happening, to the one they used in the last arc, where they just had Rika reveal a whole heap of answers in a half-ep long speech. This has more impact, IMO.

Just when i think Takano cant get anymore crazy she proves me wrong. This was a great episode showing how everything came about and some of the events that took place during the dam war and the rift between the Houjos and Sonozaki's. Hanyuu's resolove seems to be deeping and the fact that we are completing the puzzle after we have waited so long just shows how wonderful and indepth Higurashi is. K1 really was/is the key to breaking this endless waltz. An outside force not connected to the village i can only wonder about the outcome and the end result of Takano and the everyone else invovled.

I really want to know what was bleep out but as i have read it is a spoiler so i will wait and see.